The 2006-2007 prizes of $10,000, $5,000 and $2,500 are awarded to the top three colleges and universities in each division of the Intercollegiate Competitions, with the top ten of each category receiving Hearst medallions.These awards were added to the Hearst Journalism Awards Program budget in 1990.

Often called "The Pulitzers of College Journalism," the Hearst program holds year-long competitions in writing, photography and broadcast news for journalism undergraduates.Journalism schools accumulating the most points earned by their students in each category are designated the winners.

The winners in each category will receive cash prizes and medallions during the National Championships in San Francisco on Friday, June 8, 2007.

In the OVERALLINTERCOLLEGIATECOMPETITION, which is the accumulation of points from all three divisions, ARIZONASTATEUNIVERSITY scored the highest.It is followed by:UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, Second Place;UNIVERSITYOFFLORIDA, Third Place;WESTERNKENTUCKYUNIVERSITY, Fourth Place;UNIVERSITYOFNORTHCAROLINA,CHAPELHILL, Fifth Place; PENNSYLAVANIASTATEUNIVERSITY, Sixth Place;UNIVERSITYOFNEBRASKA - LINCOLN, Seventh Place;UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, Eighth Place; SYRACUSEUNIVERSITY, Ninth Place;UNIVERSITYOFKANSAS, Tenth Place.

The Hearst Journalism Awards Program operates under the auspices of the accredited schools of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication.It is fully funded and administered by The William Randolph Hearst Foundation.Currently, 107 accredited undergraduate schools of journalism in the are eligible to participate in the program, which awards more than $450,000 in scholarships and grants annually.

Publisher William Randolph Hearst established the William Randolph Hearst Foundation and The Hearst Foundation, Inc. in the 1940's, a few years before his death in 1951.Since then, the Foundations have awarded more than $660 million in grants and programs.